Chapter 20: The ethical dilemma of using robotics in psychotherapy
Abstract
Robotherapy was coined in 2004 to refer to “a framework of human–robotic creature interactions aimed at the reconstruction of a person's negative experiences through the development of coping strategies, mediated by technological tools.” Robotics in psychotherapy is part of embodied artificial intelligence that has found useful applications in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy. Both in the form of assistive robots and social robots, robots in psychotherapy have evolved from providing simple emotional supportive roles to highly skilled professional ...
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